The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss

The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany

Gwen Strauss

420 pages first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history emotional medium-paced

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The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back t...

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emotional 79%
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inspiring 58%
challenging 56%
dark 56%
reflective 50%
hopeful 41%
tense 41%
adventurous 31%
funny 4%
relaxing 2%

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fast 17%

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